Tobacco-truck.



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TOBACCO TRUCK.,

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1902.

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AMOS G. COX, OF WINTERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,

ROWAN COOPER AND A. G. COX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WIN- TEEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOBACCO-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. '721,864,7dated March 3, 1903.

I Y Application filed September 24. 1902. Serial No.124,663 (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom 2175 may' concern:

Beit known that I, AMOS G. COX, a citizen:V

of the United States, residing at Winterville,

in the county of Pitt and State of North Carolina, haveinvented a new and useful Tobacco- Truck, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks, and is designed to provide an improved draft connec- Io tion therefor which is disposed to `distribute the draft between the body of the truck and the front pivotal Wheeled axle.

It is furthermore designed to have the draftanimal connected directly to the front axle,

so that said front axle may quickly turn in whatever direction the animal is driven, and thereby facilitate the turning ofthe truck, especially where a short turn is desired.

With these and other objects in View the zo present inventionV consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being z 5 understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made Wit-hin the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit vor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

3o In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tobacco-truck embodying the features of the present'invention. Fig. 2 is a detail front elevation thereof. is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

3 5 Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs. l

The platform or body of the present truck is made up of a pair of spaced longitudinal 4o sills 1, across which the bottom or floor boards 2 are secured, with longitudinal .bars 3 secured to the upper side of the floor at the opposite longitudinal edges thereof and provided with upstanding sockets 4 for the reception of standards. (Not shown.) The rear end of the truck is mounted upon wheels 5, which are carried by a stationary axle secured to the body in any suitable manner.

At the front of the truck there is a body- 5o bolster made up of a plate 6, secured to the under sides 0f the sills 1 and braced at an intermediate point by means of a filling-block 7, interposed between the plate and the body of the truck, there being a block 8, preferably in the form of a disk, rigidly secured to the under side of the plate and midway between the ends thereof.

Beneath the front bolster there isa wheeled truck made up of a circular or-diskshaped body 9, with an axle 10v disposed diametric- 6o ally across the under side vof the body and situated between a. pair of cleats 1l, which are secured to the body and lie substantially parallel with the axle. Suitable bearing members 12 are secured across the under sides of 65 the cleats and across the under side of the axle, so as to support the same. The ends of the axle project at opposite sides of the truck, and Wheels 13 are loosely mounted upon the projected ends oftheaxle. Asmaller 7o disk 14 is secured concentrically to the top of the disk 9, anda kin g-bolt l5 pierces the body of the truck, bolster, and the wheeled truck and is also disposed in front of the axle.

For connecting a draft-animal to the truck there is a draw-bar which is made up of upper andlower members 16V and 17, respectively, the forward ends of which are mutually connected and formed into an upstanding hook 18, vwith which a whifetree or the 8o like is adapted .to be' connected, while the rear ends o'f the members are separated and connected, respectivelygrto the body of the truck and the wheeled truck. The rear end of the upper member 16 is provided witha terminal per- 8 5 foration through which the king-bolt passes, whereby a pivotal connection is formed between the member and the body of the truck. The rear end of the lowerl member 17 is inserted between the disks 9 and 14, is let in 9o flush with the upper face of the lower disk 9, and is rigidly secured thereto byV means of fastenings 19, which pass through the member and the disk 9. The lower draw-bar member is also provided with a perforation for the pivotal reception of the king-bolt.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that the draw-bar is connected to the body of the truck and also to the pivotal front axle, whereby said axle is under the control roo of the draft-animal and is quickly turned in whatever direction the animal is driven, whereby the truck may be turned within its length. Moreover, the strain of the draft is distributed between the body of the truck and the wheeled axle, and the latter is thereby prevented from binding upon the body of the truck.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination of a platform, a front axle located beneath the platform and pivotally connected with the same and provided at its ends with wheels, and a draw-bar provided with upper and lower members disposed in the same vertical plane, the lower member being rigidly connected Withthe axle atapoint between the wheels and the upper member being secured to the platform by the pivot of the axle and being movable with the lower member, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a platform, a front axle pivotally connected with and located beneath the platform and provided at its ends with Wheels, a plate or body secured to the front axle and arranged above the same and supporting the front end of the platform, and a draw-bar having upperand lower members, the lower member being rigidly secured to the plate or body of the front axle and the upper member being secured to the platform by the pivot of the front axle and being movable with the lower member, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a platform provided at its front end with a depending bolster, disks fixed to the bolster and depending therefrom, a front axle provided at its center with a disk, a king-bolt passing through the disks and pivotally connecting the front axle with the platform, and a draw-bar provided with upper and lower members, the upper member being secured to the platform by the kingbolt and the lower member being fixed to the disk of the front axle, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a wheeled body having a front bolster, of a truck disposed beneath the bolster and provided with a Wheeled axle, aking-bolt pivotally piercing the bolster and the truck and disposed at one side of the axle, and a draw-bar embodying upper and lower members, the forward ends of which are mutually connected and provided with a draft connection, the rear end of the lower member being rigidly secured to the truck and provided with a perforation receiving the king-bolt, and the upper member having its rear end provided with a perforation which receives the king-bolt and forms a pivotal connection therewith.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AMOS G. COX.

Witnesses:

J. M. BLOW, F. O. COX. 

